Author : Mikhail Pevzner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)
Book Synopsis Management Earnings Forecasts, Information Asymmetry, and Liquidity by : Mikhail Pevzner
Download or read book Management Earnings Forecasts, Information Asymmetry, and Liquidity written by Mikhail Pevzner and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates (1) whether forecasting firms have lower liquidity prior to the issuance of a management-earnings forecast than non-forecasting firms and (2) whether forecasting earnings has a persistent affect on a firm's liquidity. I find that, first, forecasting firms have greater liquidity in the period prior to a forecast. Second, while issuing forecast increases liquidity in over short windows, this effect is not significant over longer windows. Third, initiating or ceasing the issuance of earnings forecasts has no significant long-term effect on the firm's liquidity. Combined, these results suggest that management earnings forecasting decision does not appear to be driven by liquidity-improvement goals, and that management earnings forecasts do not appear to strongly affect firms' liquidity.